Line guide for fishing rods



y 1951 F. J. ROSS 2,561,675

7 LINE GUIDE FOR FISHING RODS Filed June 11, 1946 HRH M7 INVE/VTUR Wank J. Ross Patented July 24, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LINE GUIDE FOR FISHING RODS Frank J. Ross, Detroit, Mich.

Application June 11, 1946, Serial No. 6755907 1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to line guides for fishing rods and has among its objects a guide that is easily and quickly affixed to or removed from a rod for replacement.

fishing rod with a line guide, made according to the present invention, in place.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the guide.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of an eyelet.

Fig. 6 is a top view of the eyelet holder.

In the drawings, a portion of a tubular metal fishing rod is shown at I5 and on the rod is shown a line guide made in accordance with the present invention, it being understood that as many of such guides may be used as found desirable or necessary.

The guide of Figs, 1 to 6 comprises an eyelet I6 such as is shown in Fig. 5. This consists of a ring provided with a peripheral groove [6A and also flattened at one side as indicated at IBB. The eyelet I 6 is held in a suitable wire holder ll of the form shown which holder consists of a suitable metal wire, preferably of stainless steel, having its ends formed into single incomplete rings I 8 lying in parallel planes and coaxial.

The central portion of the wire is formed into an open loop l9 which lies in a plane parallel to the planes of loops l8 but whose axis is displaced laterally so that when the rod I5 is in the loops 18, the loop l9 stands out therefrom as shown. The loop IS with the eyelet [6 in place lies in the peripheral groove [6A and holds 2 the eyelet firmly but allows the latter a small floating movement. the latter movement being permitted by the fiat I6B. The flat IBB constitutes a chord of a removed segment, the chord being of a length not less than the radius of the outer circumference of the eyelet I6.

In forming the holder l1, the loops I8 are left incomplete as shown in order to make the holder adaptable to a range of rod sizes while the open loop [9 of course permits the ready replaceability of the eyelet.

I claim:

In a line guide for fishing rods, a circular eyelet having a small segment removed from its peripheral portion and having a peripheral groove, and a holder therefor consisting of a wire having its central portion formed. into a circular loop adapted to embrace said eyelet and lie in said groove, said eyelet and loop being spaced from each other in the region of said removed segment, said Wire having its ends formed to provide means for attachment of said holder to a fishing rod and said segment being defined by a chord of a length not length than the radius of the outer circumference of the eyelet.

FRANK J. ROSS.

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